AFP in the Milwaukee Business Journal: Milwaukee Corporate Citizens Earn Praise – and Profits
Milwaukee-area businesses get it: corporate citizenship boosts the bottom line. The effect has been well documented: according to an annual survey conducted by the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship, more than 60 percent of business executives say that a company’s community involvement contributes to its business goals -- and not just reputation or employee engagement goals, but hard objectives like customer acquisition and retention, access to new markets, and attracting new investors.
Milwaukee Business Journal article: Strengthening Economic Competitiveness -- through Philanthropy?
Wisconsin businesses are hiring, and that is good news! According to the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, the seasonally unadjusted unemployment rate in June was Milwaukee County is 5.6%…higher than the nation and balance of state, but moving in the right direction. An example of growing demand for labor is a regional job fair being held this month in which employers from Milwaukee and Waukesha Counties are eager to fill more than 1,000 positions.
AFP and Milwaukee Business Journal Team Up to Advance Philanthropy
Americans gave more than $373 billion to charity in 2015 – a new record, according to the Giving Institute’s Giving USA report released last week. Clearly, philanthropy is not just a uniquely American force for building community – it’s also big business. So to promote a robust culture of generosity locally, who better to partner than the Milwaukee Business Journal and the Association of Fundraising Professionals?
